Education Officials to Look for Ways to Avoid Over-Testing

New York state education officials said they would look for ways to make sure that students weren't being over-tested, after concerns from parents and educators about exams tied to a new teacher-evaluation system.

Many schools across the state last year started testing what students knew at the beginning of the year to measure how much they learn by the end of the year. New York City is part of the new teacher-evaluation system for...